Dum Aaloo Biriyani ~ Potato Biriyani

We are now in the last ten days of Ramadan, which is considered to be the most blessed days of this month. Even though the consensus is bend towards the odd number days to be considered “Laylathul Qadr”, it is recommended that the same level of worship is maintained all throughout the ten days or till Eid is declared. I had already shared some information regarding this night in this post during my initial days of blogging. However, many people still don’t realize its importance and end up spending majority of the days and nights in shopping for Eid. It is something that happens not only where I stay, but back home too.

I always make it a point to finish my Eid shopping before Ramadan begins, yes, with the full thought that we may not even live to see the day! But I also feel it is better that InShaAllah, if Allah blesses us with days in our life, we don’t spend the blessed days doing things that may not be beneficial to us, especially when it comes to purchasing clothes, which is something that I personally don’t like to do. Wouldn’t believe that I hate shopping? 😀 HD keeps saying that I keep purchasing, but I am someone who doesn’t like to go overboard with anything – except grocery and cookbooks of course! 😉 – and want to finish it off as soon as I am able to. Next time, InShaAllah, try to plan accordingly and you will see how easy it makes your life and mind… 🙂

“Eid Eats” is an event hosted by Henna and Asiya, for the past few years now. From the time they had started, I have been enthusiastically participating in it. After all, it is the joy of the festival that brings us altogether. Below are my previous posts contributed to this event:

This year I decided to tread away from the “sweet” path and share something savory. Even though Eid is about a lot of sweets, the meal that is most awaited is the biriyani for early lunch. In most of the households in Kerala, Eid biriyani is had by around 12 pm, even though we don’t follow that practice here. Also, the biriyani is non-vegetarian any time, mostly mutton or fish, since these are like treats, unlike chicken which is made more frequently.

This time, I thought, how about sharing a biriyani made of a favorite vegetable? Potatoes are my absolute favorite, so I don’t need to say how much I love this biriyani. I have loosely adapted this recipe from here, but made my own twists and tweaks. I served this with fried chicken and the response I got from the folks at home was immense. They absolutely loved it – the flavors in this biriyani from the ground masala is simply amazing, I must say. The list of ingredients may look really long, but the dish does come together in good time. And what more? The dish is vegan! I have used oil to make the masala in, but for extra flavor, you may use ghee as well. Serve this with a nice non-veg side for your carnivorous family – maybe like this Malabar Mutton Fry or this Dry Chicken Roast – plus a nice raitha and pappad Off to the recipe…

I love that you prepare for Eid before Ramadan. What a thoughtful thing to do, subhanAlllah!
And I love this biryani! Biryani is a must on Eid, and I love that you made this without meat, so that it can be enjoyed (if you wanted to) with a kabab or some kind of barbecue meat on the side.
Thank you for participating in and supporting Eid Eats, year after year 🙂 And an early Eid Mubarak to you and your family from me and mine 🙂Henna recently posted…Eid Eats 2017: Baklava Biscotti

I totally agree with you and am like that too. Just that this year I did not even shop clothes as I had enough. I wanted to buy an abaya but haven’t had the chance to go to Jeddah. Anyways back home, that’s in CBE, our biryani is served for us only by 2.30 3 pm. Mom makes a huge pot outside the house with firewood and we distribute to neighbours and then eat. That day all neighbours make less food or just wait for ours LOL. But these days it has reduced a lot as we are never together…:-( I don’t know how it is is TLy but I remember cousins used to go off for Eid safari… (just a drive)!
Love aloo and it just shines in any dish…. F would love this and I am going to try post eid. InshaAllah!Famidha recently posted…Sweet Mini Samosas | Cream Cheese Dates and Almonds

Mine is a family who cannot stand to hear vegetable prefixed to BIRIYANI! So making this is out of question for me. It does look fabulous though!
I have to agree on potato being a favorite veggie – infact it used to be the only vegetable I ate as a kid!Ria Samuel recently posted…Kozhi Nirachathu / Stuffed Chicken with gravy

Hehe… I guess veges and even eggs are not considered to be worth of a biriyani… but why not! I am vouching that they make amazing biriyani, maybe the flavor a tad bit less but still everything that goes in does give you a full feel… Thanks a lot Ria…

A delicious treat for vegetarians like me! I sometimes add potato to mutton curry and I love how it absorbs all the flavors. I can imagine how wonderful the potatoes must have tasted in this biryani.Easyfoodsmith recently posted…BESAN KA CHILA (Loaded Vegetarian Omelette) – GF & Vegan

Preparing for Eid before Ramadan is an excellent idea! I try to do the same as well but am not always successful. I’m also a huge fan of aloo…i add them to everything! So this biryani sounds perfect to me! Jazakallah for participating every year in Eid Eats. Wishing you and your family an early Eid Mubarak!